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    <title>New Mexico Public Health Association upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:42:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>NMPHA Fridays: New Mexico Rural Library Initiative (Friday, September 25, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.nmpha.org/resources/Pictures/NMPHA%20New%20Logo%20Dark%20Orange.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="232" height="111"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="center"&gt;Join us for our NMPHA Fridays session:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;New Mexico Rural Library Initiative&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;Friday, September 25th at noon&lt;br&gt;
via Zoom&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This presentation will contextualize the vital role public libraries play in supporting the health of New Mexico’s rural and frontier communities. Across the state, libraries serve as a community space for people of all ages and provide essential access to books, information, and internet service.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Beyond basic library services, many rural libraries operate as health spaces facilitating initiatives such as food distribution, exercise classes, workshops covering legal issues of death/dying, and more.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;The presenters aim to educate public health stakeholders on the untapped potential of the public library as existing local infrastructure.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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